Briley's executive order Tuesday spells out how city officials should report any requests they receive to support immigration enforcement operations. The information will be publicly released each year.

The Republican-backed state law threatens to withhold some state funding from local governments if they adopt so-called sanctuary policies that restrict compliance with federal immigration requests. Such policies could include requiring federal officials to obtain a warrant or show probable cause.

Briley faces Democratic Councilman John Cooper in the city's runoff election next week.

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